3 ms·
The question that is unanswered is whether or not the chimpanzees were mimicking human behavior. Or if their violent tendencies are genetic in nature.
by 0x8BADF00D 7y ago
The question that is unanswered is whether or not the chimpanzees were mimicking human behavior. Or if their violent tendencies are genetic in nature.
- layoutIfNeeded 7y agoBullshit. These chimps have never seen humans killing each other.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- nickserv 7y agoOr are humans mimicking chimpanzee behavior? In actuality, this and many other behaviors we share with chimps were most likely present in our last common ancestor. Tool use and complex social hierarchies are other shared behaviors. The split was some 7 million years ago, if memory serves.
- TheGallopedHigh 7y agoThis is tangentially addressed in the wiki article: When Goodall reported on the events of the Gombe War, her account of a naturally occurring war between chimpanzees was not universally believed. At the time, scientific models of human and animal behavior virtually never overlapped.[9] Some scientists accused her of excessive anthropomorphism;[9] others suggested that her presence, and her practice of feeding the chimpanzees, had created violent conflict in a naturally peaceful society.[10] However, later research using less intrusive methods confirmed that chimpanzee societies, in their natural state, wage war.[10][11] A 2018 study published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology concluded that the Gombe War was most likely a consequence of a power struggle between three high-ranking males, which was exacerbated by an unusual scarcity of fertile females.[12]